How to Make a Hemingway Daiquiri With Tequila

It’s a shame, really, that Ernest Hemingway never chanced an encounter with high-quality tequila before he died in 1961. It feels a little like a child who never got to meet his grandfather—to cradle a bottle of 100 percent agave blanco tequila, and to say, wistfully and as much to yourself as anyone else, “my god…he would’ve loved you so much.”

Even if he had never written a word, it’s tempting to believe Hemingway would be famous for his drinking exploits alone;…